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I vote. hours on Mags and or fuel servo and or timing

Doesn't the Lycoming engine have a breather tube?

Not alot to go on with one photo. What Clarence said. The white could be left over stripper too. Whatever it is it is eating away your alum skin and needs to be delt with quickly.

And the rear seat bottom is almost done. It is not 2 leather hides anymore. I had to get some Real Burgundy to spice things up a bit. And a yard of Marine Vinyl for the bottom....

Now you get one of my A&P stories. First solo cross country. Rental plane. It's a hot summer day. Comm 2 breaker pops. Reset, Nope. Wait awhile reset. Nope. GPS out, Com 2 out. Student pilot.... continue? Sure because I have a handheld GPS and portable Comm in the bag. And supposed to be able to do this via pilotage anyways. Land and sqwauk it. Get a call from the flight school asking about it the next day. The "fix" is to up the breaker from 15 amp to 20 amp (incorrect answer number 2). Back story is a GPS was added and apparently the A&P did not think it necessary to re-balance the circuit. I instituted a never take a plane fresh out of maintenance from that school. There are only 2 other people that I would allow to work on my bicycles. So far there are only 2 other people that I would allow to work on my plane. The question is how youngsters can get the experience to become qualified with other people's safety

Turn on the landing light without the engine running and you should see discharge. If it was not logged as being reversed, not sure you log un reversing it.... Still have not figured that one out. If you remove the wheel to replace the brake line... on the brake replacement is logged. Maybe I am confused.

I believe the FSDO has to sign off an Experimental to get the airworthyness certificate or at least that is one of the ways. I know that my friend had the FSDO look at his plane. I would think that is time to ask about an A&P based on workmanship https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/airworthiness_certification/cond_safe_oper/ Along with some mentorship of an A&P. You are getting real close to my why don't we have apprenticeships in America soap box. I probably would have done better to not go to college and opened up a machine shop. I do not trust my welding to be structurally sound. I do trust my soldering and machine work.

Just to take the mystery out of an annual inspection, it is mostly just a really through pre-flight. There are some things that need covers removed but like checking for slop in the tail section or checking for slop in flight surfaces they should be done every pre-flight. Giving every thing a shot of lube, Lights work, manual gear extends, check the timing on the mags,oil change, compression check, could all be done by the owner. Get a signed off Inspection in your possession, then if you find unairworthyness on anything on the Annual Inspection sheet you have some basis. Airworthyness can be a little subjective.

For the price. Print out the mooney annual inspection. or ask for the one they should have filled out. Ask to meet with the I/A who signed off and both y'all go through the plane and have him explain to you each of the items on the inspection form and how they relate to your plane.

Someone had this thought. You could spend $35K going to A&P school to get a piece of paper. Or you could by a kit plane and assemble it for $35K and have the frame of an airplane and most likely get your A&P too.

The comment was "Hey wife lets buy the plane and we can take the christmas present to my aunt and uncle" Operation Santa Sleigh: 260 mile round trip to Rockport port today and we delivered last years and this years present. The only notes on the weather brief were "Outlook VFR" for most of Texas

I am still trying to figure out why 6 or 10 grand Annual from a MSC is worth it. The way I see the annual inspection list is a really through pre flight.

Just learning the ways of the safety wire. The conversation went like this. How are they. Will they work? Yes they will work, but we don't want other shops to think we did that. OK let me cut them off and redo them. Get them tight is what I keep hearing.

For the $90 the Toyota Tacoma ones are going for on ebay. I would taco some alum sheet too. The stock Money ones are a stainless tube bent into a U shape. There is a pocket of leather on the cushion that goes over the U.

possible, January planning won't really happen till after Christmas

You can make your own visors with some tinted plexiglass cut with a saw.

Looks like 24 bolts

Section 8-1 of the S&M manual. 21 steps. Of course the reassembly is one sentence. Just reverse the removal process.

For my 70s plane with the disco green paint job, I would have to do the beads curtains to stay with the theme and then maybe a disco mirror ball

There is a welded to the tube threaded mount for the factory ones. It sounds like not all the planes got the welded in tab. It would not hurt to check and see, it's just a bunch of #4 screws. It could be fun to replace the factory mount with a flexible arm with a visor mounted too it.

When they are cracking and crusty and old. Turn gas selector to off Remove left long panel below pilot seat- May have to undo the left gear door to hang free to get at the inside row of screws Clean panel with goop hand cleaner Cut safety wire Remove bolt There is a fancy washer with a built in o ring that seals the bolt. Call LASAR Clean screen, inspect gasket Replace screen and gasket There is an AD for the bolt torque some are labled with too high a torque Re safety wire Turn gas on check for leaks replace panel Just a PP. had the A&P inspect my work

I am a bit behind in fun projects. I wanted to make a clamp for the center tube. The tablet holder flexible arm is 5/8" so a bit big for visors. Here is a source for smaller flexible arms. http://www.mcmaster.com/#flexible-arms/=1089hwg

If I was doing one, I would use some flexible arm. I ordered one of these and mounted to the throttle cable mount behind the panel with the clamp. Have not got to fly the plane yet but looks to work good. There are smaller flexible shaft for cell phone holders and small lights that would work for sun visors. http://www.dx.com/p/lr360-universal-360-degree-rotating-holder-for-tablet-pc-black-233173#.Vm4yw-Jjl44

The u joints on the trim adjustment rods are square u joints. a square u joint would be much easier to thread and put a screw in....

why does a painter paint a picture there are already lots of paintings out there? For me I usually have enough raw materials laying around that I could have one made in the time it took me to type the instructions. And it would be fixed and I could move onto the next broken thing to fix.